Recs if you like They Never Learn...

every struggled to find actual lesbian/sapphic books when at the library or bookstore? so did I!

bc of said struggle, I started to curate a personal list of books that either has lesbian MCs and/or featured a primary sapphic romance.

i haven't read all of these, but I do try my diligence in confirming that they meet the above perimeters, since many books claim to be sapphic when they're not. this is an ever updating list, only fiction for now!

Doing crime when gay should be legal. Also includes be bi do crime, be trans do crime, and everything in-between. Levels of crime and queerness may vary.

(I'll take suggestions!)

in progress - taking suggestions

Basically, a huge list of every book I ever heard features sapphic / lesbian characters.

I have not read all of these, so I cannot be sure of the amount of the time on page of the sapphic characters or of the quality of the books.

Some of these I do not plan to read at all, since they are not my style. If you feel like a book doesn't belong here, let me know.

For my favs / read, check out my other lists & shelves.

Don't shoot the messenger.

dark academia books with queer and trans MCs

All the lesbians books I can find. If you have any book you want me to add please comment ❤️

...are unhinged, lonely, tortured, kooky, crazy, unmoored, yearning, plotting, stalking, monologuing, self-pitying, lost, etc.

Thanks to Madhoney for giving me the title. These are some of the books I love where women decide to rid the world of scum in creative and not so gentle ways.

Coming of age novels end when the girl figures out who she is. Coming of Rage begins years later, when the woman realizes what's been done to her and is finally old enough to know better. Some of these women savor it slowly. Others empty the bottle and make a Molotov cocktail. All of them are done apologizing. Always taking recs - See pinned comment!

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

Feminine rage, female empowerment, emotional validation. Women supporting women. Men being men. Feminism. Feminist reads.

thrillers based in academic settings/college campuses ! recs super welcomed

🚧 under construction 🚧

Another collection of sapphic books that are tagged as horror, thriller, or mystery on Goodreads that I hope to one day read a few of.

Look, they just can’t help it. Sometimes they stumble into it. Sometimes it’s an addiction. Sometimes it heals something inside them. Sometimes they’ve investigated, gathered evidence, and prepared well in advance. Sometimes the law just isn’t doing its job. Sometimes…it just has to happen. Sorry not sorry.

true dark academia that ranges from fantastical/supernatural to psychological literary fiction

... and you know what? Fair.

Gimme recs!

Thrillers I read or want to read. Variety of authors.

Just books I thought helped show the primal feminine rage we are all experiencing right now in the dumpster fire 🔥 of a planet

All the sapphic fiction books I can think of (for series: only first book included) I'll be adding more and suggestions are welcome! :)

Suspense & Thrillers

All the books chosen by Booksandlala for the Literally Dead Book club.